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Viral Culture Identification

New Hampshire rates for HCPCS 87255

This is a laboratory test that attempts to grow a virus from a patient sample in living cells, then identifies it using methods other than watching for the visible changes it causes to those cells. It is one way to confirm a viral infection, though it has largely been supplemented by faster molecular tests in many settings.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Viral Culture Identification cost?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $112 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$42.66$23.44 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$64.57 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $39 to $245Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $22 to $151
$20$50$100$200$500facility $112professional $43

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$97.72
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$100.00

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

New Hampshire· 2nd of 51

$64.57

AK $75.86DC $25.12

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.